Senior Manager – AP&T&E

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

About the Role

Do you want to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment? What about for a high-growth company that plans to double its revenue in 5 years? Are you the type of finance professional that wants ownership of your area and enjoys being involved in company decisions? Join Azurity Pharmaceuticals, a private equity backed pharmaceutical company located in Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA, Kansas City, KS, Ireland, Hyderabad, India and Raleigh, NC.

The Azurity Accounting Team is searching for a Manager, Payables (AP and Travel & Expense), who is a self-starter with a sense of urgency and provides leadership and guidance in the AP & T&E areas. This role requires a dedicated AP professional who has a thorough understanding of finance and a process improvement mindset. Additionally important is the building of strong relationships within the team and throughout the organization, resolving disputes and ensuring that the team is delivering a quality product to stakeholders.

 Key Responsibilities

1. AP Automation & Transformation (primary mandate)

• Lead the end-to-end automation roadmap for AP: e-invoicing/OCR capture, AI-based invoice coding and 2-way/3-way match, workflow-based approvals, and automated vendor payment run generation within Oracle.
• Own the business requirements and act as functional lead (with IT/Oracle admins) for AP modules in Oracle Fusion Cloud or Oracle EBS, including configuration of matching tolerances, hold codes, payment terms, and approval hierarchies.
• Define and track automation KPIs: straight-through processing rate, touchless invoice %, exception/hold rate, invoice processing cost per invoice, cycle time, and early-payment discount capture.
• Stay current on emerging AI/automation tools in the PTP (procure-to-pay) space and bring forward a continuous-improvement pipeline beyond the initial implementation.

1. Core AP Operations & Team Management

• Manage full-cycle AP for multiple legal entities/countries: invoice receipt and coding, 2-/3-way match, non-PO invoice approval routing, vendor statement reconciliation, and T&E integration.
• Own the payment process across payment methods and currencies (ACH, wire, check) and multiple banking relationships; manage payment run scheduling, cash-flow-conscious payment timing, and positive pay/fraud controls.
• Manage vendor master data governance (new vendor setup, W-9/W-8, banking changes) with appropriate segregation of duties and fraud-prevention controls.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 7-8 (processors through senior analysts); manage workload distribution, quality, and SLAs across the multi-country portfolio.
• Own AP-related month-end close activities: accruals for unbilled/un-invoiced receipts, AP aging and reconciliation, GRNI (goods-received-not-invoiced) analysis, and reporting to Controllership.
• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain/Ops Finance, and Tax on CMO/CPO invoice issues, freight/logistics accruals, and intercompany AP where relevant given the FG-buy operating model.
• Serve as the AP control owner for SOX/internal-controls purposes (where applicable) and support internal/external audit requests.
• Manage escalations, vendor disputes, and problem invoices; maintain strong vendor relationships despite high SKU/vendor complexity.
• Own the business requirements and act as functional lead (with IT/Oracle admins) for AP modules in Oracle Fusion Cloud or Oracle EBS, including configuration of matching tolerances, hold codes, payment terms, and approval hierarchies.
• Take full responsibility for the payment process and work closely with the treasury team on payments.

 Required Skills and Experience

• 10+ years’ accounts payable experience with clear progression, including 2-3 years’ supervisory experience
• Proven management and supervisory skills, including the ability to persuade others to achieve excellence and to foster an environment of openness and teamwork
• Oracle ERP system experience
• Strong PC skills required including proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or related degree.

By applying for this role, you confirm that you are mentally and physically capable of fulfilling the job responsibilities detailed in the job description without any restrictions. If you have any concerns or even the slightest disability that may affect your ability to perform the job, please inform HR in advance.